Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre backstroke

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Men's 200 metre backstroke
at the 2009 FINA World Championships
Venue Foro Italico
Dates30 July 2009 (heats, semifinals)
31 July 2009 (final)
Competitors87
Winning time1:51.92 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2007
2011  

The heats for the men's 200 m backstroke race at the 2009 World Championships took place in the morning and evening of 30 July, with the final in the evening session of 31 July at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Aaron Peirsol  (USA)1:53.08 Indianapolis, United States 11 July 2009
Championship recordFlag of the United States.svg  Ryan Lochte  (USA)1:54.32 Melbourne, Australia 30 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
30 JulySemifinal 1 Aaron Peirsol Flag of the United States.svg United States 1:54.06 CR
31 JulyFinal Aaron Peirsol Flag of the United States.svg United States 1:51.92 WR

Results

Heats

RankNameNationalityTimeHeatLaneNotes
1 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:55.2094
2 Aaron Peirsol Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.8884
3 Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.9774
4 Stanislav Donets Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:56.0393
5 George Du Rand Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:56.0681 AF
6 Yannick Lebherz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:56.6991
7 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:56.7498
8 Arkady Vyatchanin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:56.9795
9 Omar Pinzón Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:57.0178 SA
10 Aschwin Wildeboer Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:57.1585
11 Chris Walker-Hebborn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:57.5282
12 Takashi Nakano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:57.5873
13 Damiano Lestingi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:57.7396
14 Sebastiano Ranfagni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:57.7597
15 Nick Driebergen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:57.8677 NR
16 Sebastian Stoss Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:57.9790
17 Ashley Delaney Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:58.0283
18 Benjamin Stasiulis Flag of France.svg  France 1:58.1776
19 Felix Wolf Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:58.4172
20 Kurt Bassett Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:58.4688 NR
21 Matt Hawes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:58.8986
22 Marco Loughran Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:59.1987
23 Derya Büyükuncu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:59.4999
24 Péter Bernek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:59.6571
25 Darren Murray Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:59.8455
26 Rufino Regueira Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:00.3592
27 Markus Rogan Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:00.3975
28 Dimitrios Chasiotis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:00.4280
29 Miguel Robles Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:00.9967 NR
30 Zhang Yu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:01.0554
31 Leonardo Guedes Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:01.2070
32 Pedro Oliveira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:01.4964
33 Pedro Medel Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:01.7066
34 Itai Chammah Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:01.8679
35 Jakub Jasinski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:01.9589
36 Květoslav Svoboda Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:02.0060
37 Cheng Feiyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:02.2963
38 Anders McIntyre Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:02.6450
39 Andres Olvik Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:02.9768 NR
40 Andriy Kovbasa Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:03.5644
41 Oleg Rabota Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:03.7162
42 Robi Zbogar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:03.9969
43 Karl Burdis Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:04.3456 NR
44 David Rodriguez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 2:04.4252
45 Konstantins Bohins Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:04.6142
46 Naoufel Benabid Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:05.0651
47 Jean-Francois Schneiders Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 2:05.2245
48 Stanislav Osinsky Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:06.1253
49 Ehud Segal Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:06.9161
50 Rehan Poncha Flag of India.svg  India 2:06.9241 NR
51 Yury Zaharov Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:07.0757 NR
52 Achelhi Bilal Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:07.5933 NR
53 Cheah Geoffrey Robin Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2:08.2543
54 Ng Kai Wee Rainer Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2:08.5747
55 Do Huy Long Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2:08.8348
56 Jean Luis Gomez Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 2:10.2236
57 Tsung Chao-Lin Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:10.4446
58 Nicholas James Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:10.7631
59 Boris Kirillov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 2:10.9637
60 Kaspar Raigla Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:11.6114
61 Doğa Çelik Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:12.2659
62 Alberto Tasini Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 2:12.8030
63 Yousuf Essa Al Yousuf Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 2:12.8134
64 Antonio Tong Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 2:13.2249
65 Khachik Plavchyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 2:14.1940
66 Byron Briedenhann Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2:14.4725
67 Ngou Pok Man Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 2:14.8727
68 Abbas Raad Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 2:15.6326 NR
69 Javier Hernandez Maradiaga Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 2:16.0938
70 Nicholas Coard Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 2:16.6522
71 Praveen Tokas Flag of India.svg  India 2:16.9035
72 Mohammed Al Ghaferi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2:17.3023 NR
73 Armando Zayas Claure Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 2:18.0921
74 Mark Sammut Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 2:19.4639
75 Benjamin Gabbard Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 2:20.2515
76 Marcelino Richaards Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 2:21.0528
77 Heimanu Sichan Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia 2:21.6324
78 Paul Elaisa Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2:28.9716
79 Mathieu Marquet Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2:29.9129
80 Timur Atahanov Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 2:34.1312
81 Elaijie Erasito Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2:36.7511
82 Ahmet Halliyev Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 2:39.5817
Hocine Haciane Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra DNS13
Ronny Vencatachellum Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius DNS20
Andrejs Dūda Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia DNS32
Saša Imprić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia DNS58
Brett Fraser Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands DNS65

Semifinals

RankNameNationalityTimeHeatLaneNotes
1 Aaron Peirsol Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:54.0614 CR
2 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:54.1424
3 Arkady Vyatchanin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:54.9016 ER
4 Stanislav Donets Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:55.2515
5 Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:55.3925
6 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:55.6226
7 George Du Rand Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:55.7523 AF
8 Aschwin Wildeboer Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:55.7812
9 Chris Walker-Hebborn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:56.0527 NR
10 Omar Pinzón Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1:56.4022 SA
11 Nick Driebergen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:56.8528 NR
12 Takashi Nakano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:57.0217
13 Sebastian Stoss Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:57.1518
14 Damiano Lestingi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:57.3721
15 Yannick Lebherz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:58.0113
16 Sebastiano Ranfagni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:58.8411

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Aaron Peirsol Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:51.92 WR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Ryosuke Irie Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:52.51 AS
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Ryan Lochte Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:53.82
43 Arkady Vyatchanin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:54.75 ER
58 Aschwin Wildeboer Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:54.92 NR
66 Stanislav Donets Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:55.36
77 Radosław Kawęcki Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:55.60 NR
81 George Du Rand Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:56.63

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